As far as I can tell, pine can't be finished. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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I've found my finishing problem: I'm building things out of pine.

Traditional stain, gel stain, urethane, tung oil, danish oil...on oak, cherry or maple many of these look fine. No matter what I put on pine, it comes out looking like a septic prolapse.

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I really only used a 2x4 because I was trying out my new milling tools and just wanted something cheap to play with, and I figured I could get some use out of what I made, so I replaced my keyboard tray. I now buy rough sawn lumber from a local sawyer.

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